Staff Applications

Here's an idea: let everyone comment on staff applications.

 

So because a few people can't manage their behavior everyone's opinions and feedback should not be given an equal amount of exposure?

If someone is flaming or spamming or whatever then report them and it will be deleted. I don't see how staff applications are unique in that respect.

 

But it's okay for applicants to have to deal with that (on their profile pages) instead? This is like a politician saying that they shouldn't have to interact with the public because someone might be mean to them. If someone's spamming or flaming then the staff should take care of it. That's no reason to give greater voice to staff comments or opinions and less to community members.

Staff applications are important. If staff members are able to publicly comment on people applying to be their 'co-workers' why shouldn't community members (especially former staff members) be able to do the same for people who are also applying to be their moderators?

 

You should change the 1st vote option it looks like it means to only let the various teams comment. Emphasis on 'only' lol

 

Could possibly become problematic. It's kept to staff only so that replies would be from players who understand what is expected of being a staff member. Not saying some aren't capable of that. I'm sure plenty are. Imo though, I don't think this is a good idea.

It's easier to manage one place then to manage two places.

 

imo staff apps should be 100% private. only people who should see staff apps are the applicants and the staff team. no reason for the community to be involved w/ it at all

 

However, Putty treats the wiki/media team as part of the staff team. He expects them to behave appropriately as they also represent Brawl. Letting them be allowed to comment on applications could possibly be beneficial.

 

'Them' would really appreciate it.

 

i personally don't believe that matters at all. if i'm a staff manager, i'm not going to look at community feedback on a specific applicant because i don't believe that the community's opinion is relevant

@SweetLava now of course, what i'm saying is different from whether or not wiki/build team deserves to have input on staff apps. giving them access to staff apps is very "iffy" because there is so much that they don't have access to already (ingame privileges, access to staff slack, trellos, etc.) thus making it very hard to justify giving them access to staff apps because then their opinion practically seems equivalent to any other player's opinion from the community.

 

If anyone other than staff should reply it should be ex-staff members who have had experience with the job that the person is applying for. Other than that, I can't see any reason for anyone to give their feedback in any other form than the poll vote. They simply lack experience.

 

I will not name anyone, but there are some people who have acquired a position such as wiki team or media team but aren't mature enough to have these privileges. Same goes for some ex-staff members who are angry with brawl and wish to cause disruption.
In my opinion, I feel as though staff applications are fine as is.

 

Sounds an awful lot like you're talking about me... If you have something to say, say it. This is a discussion thread after all. :3